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Imagine Awards 2026

Thank you for your interest in Thornton Education Trust's (TET) Imagine Awards.

The Imagine Awards celebrates teachers who incorporate architecture and the wider built environment into their classroom teaching as part of the primary curriculum or built environment professionals who engage and collaborate with primary schools.

The awards aim to recognise the work that educationalists, teachers and built environment organisations are doing to help children and young people benefit from creative architectural learning and engagement in their built environment, within a school/curriculum setting. This includes supporting approaches aligned with the creative curriculum, which encourages cross-disciplinary, experiential learning that connects design, place and creativity.

Category:

This form is for submissions to the Teacher of the Year Category. Recognising a teacher who has shown exceptional commitment and creativity to incorporating the built environment into lessons.

Please note: this form allows you to enter a third party nomanination for a teacher. There is no cost to make a nomination under this category.

If you wish to enter another category, please use the separate submission forms provided on the website.

Important reminders:

Please save your form as you go — the save option is available at the end of the form
Refer to our FAQs for guidance before submitting
Submission deadline: Friday 19th June 2026
Judging will take place shortly after the deadline, and shortlisted entries will be notified

Award's ceremony:

Tickets for the Imagine Awards 2026 ceremony will be announced in June. For now, please keep the evening of Thursday 9th July free.

Your submisssion:

Don't worry if you can’t answer every question in full — judging is based on qualitative rather than strictly quantitative information.

Now, you can scroll down and start to complete your submission.

Note - if your organisation requires us to receive a purchase order from you to submit, please email us first at imagineprogramme@thorntoneducationtrust.org

Teacher of the year*

A teacher who has shown exceptional commitment and creativity incorporating the built environment into lessons.

Full Name (application contact)*

First NameLast Name

Organisation*

Job Title*

E-mail*

Address*

Street Address

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City

Postal CodeCountry

Phone Number*

Area CodePhone Number

Nominee*

First NameLast Name

Nominee current school*

Nominee current job title*

Nominee E-mail

example@example.com

Nominee Phone Number

Area CodePhone Number

Why are you nominating this teacher? How are they showing exceptional commitment and creativity to incorporating the built environment into lessons? What sets them apart from others and how have they gone the extra mile for their pupils? Is there a specific lesson, activity or initiative they deliver or a general approach that adds value?*

Organisation Supporting documents:

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You may upload up to 6 pages (A4) of supporting documents, which can include evidence such as statistics, evaluation summaries, images, press coverage, and testimonials. Accepted formats: PDF, ZIP, MP3, MPG, AVI, JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF. Max file size: 20MB.Note: Selected images may be used for press and social media.

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I hereby agree that the information provided on this entry is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge. *

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2. About the teacher